Carnival starts now. The Heatwave are a bashment raving scandal, a non-stop dancehall party like nothing you've ever seen.

The Heatwave are the UK's number one bashment sound. We're a London dancehall crew but we cause insanity all over the world: catch us on Rinse FM, in clubs, with crazy remixes or on our legendary mixtapes. Plus we run Hot Wuk - the UK's maddest bashment party - every week in central London and on an everlasting tour around the country.

And what's bashment? The ultra hype sound of modern Jamaican music with mad rewinds, incredible dancing, rammed dance floors and the amazing vibe of a Caribbean rave. You know it already: it's the culture that grime, jungle and UK garage grew from.

The Heatwave sound ties together Jamaica and the UK. Their powerful compilations and mixes show how dancehall is the root of jungle, garage, grime, dubstep and funky.

After a year jampacked with sets at Secret Garden Party, Nottinghill Carnival & Outlook Festival - now is the time to catch The Heatwave.